Re: Batch Capture Digi Beta Problems

I have done alot more testing with 422 control via Xena and I believe I may have found the problem.
In short Xena seems to have problems with VITC.
When crash capturing it is advised that you need to select embedded LTC(I always thought that VITC was embedded and LTC was an audio track) or you will not get any timecode data (ins & outs)from the source tape. I found this to be correct but what astonished me was that when I crashed captured (with 422control code selected) and got no codes... and then made file offline... the media in out timecodes appeared.
I then turned VITC off and set the timcode reader to LTC only on my digi beta decks... I then made sure capture settings were looking at LTC only, then presto, everything batched fine. In conclusion it seems that crash capturing has to be done using VITC/LTC embedded to get code data but batch capturing (according to my 2 seperate digi decks I used for tests)can only be achieved with LTC only on deck and 422 control timecode on XENA.
This problem I have is annoying to say the least, I should be able to have my Deck set with VITC ON and the reader set to auto and then crash capture or batch capture with accuracy and ease. I purchased Xena because of it's great reputation, but I'm a bit put off by the lack of 422 functionality which is a function I rely heavily on.
As I am new to Xena I hope I have just missed a setting or something, but if anyone could tell me an easier way to do it, it would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Butch

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